Role:                    Finance Support Officer

Rate/Salary:     GBP 25K/Year

Location:            Milton Keynes, UK

Job type:            FTE – 6 Months

Detailed JD *(Roles and Responsibilities)

Key Responsibilities include:

• Full management of Month End reconciliation including making sure finance data is true and reports are sent out to the business on time, collecting of goods receipts and forecast in line with the financial process
• Process improvement and process maintenance
• Daptiv Maintenance (cleansing, updating, administration), Development (enhancements, reports) and to provide first line support
• Ensure project expenditure has an appropriate level of governance, goods and services received are reflected in SAP, review any variance between Daptiv/SAP and investigate until reconciled.
• Raising Purchase Orders, following throughout the life cycle, ensure project expenditure has appropriate level of governance, ensuring goods and services received are reflected in SAP and Daptiv and managing the invoice process end to end
• Collate projects forecast planning and produce analysis of actuals vs forecasts on a monthly basis
• Support the Project Managers with financial performance reviews to include monthly financials, month end timelines, financial deliverables, Project assurance (data quality), Project financial support at Month End
• Produce Performance Reporting across the portfolio, using agreed criteria.
• Work with Team Leader/ Project support office to proactively identify activities and implement automation.
• Provide focus to all associated quality aspects and Portfolio reporting.
• Any other support to the Team Leader, Project Support Officer and Project Coordinator as required

Skills / Experience Required: 

• Ideally have a finance background including management of month end activities
• Advance excel skill is a must (e.g. writing Macros to implement automation)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, SAP, Daptiv and ability to work with numerical data essential.
• At least 2 years’ experience of working in a program or project office with project management experience.
• AAT or Equivalent Qualified
• Able to prioritize a diverse range of tasks, which may contribute to both departmental and project specific objectives.
• Able to work to deadlines while being able to respond to changing priorities
• Articulate with good interpersonal skills, capable of dealing at all levels of the organization.
• Enjoys working with detailed information and capable of prioritization.
• Ability to solve problems, creatively and effectively.
• Excellent organization skills.
• Strong team player.
• Good report writing skills.

Desirable:

• PRINCE2 Foundation qualified

If you’re interested in this role, forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to cv@ibuconsulting.com or apply online

Role:                      Security Architect

Rate/Salary :     Competitive

Location:            Milton Keynes, UK

Job type:             FTE – 6 Months

Detailed JD *(Roles and Responsibilities)

Our client requires a contract Information Security Architect. Information Security Architects are responsible for ensuring that the design of IT and business solutions meet the company’s, legal and regulatory security and compliance standards. They will be required to engage with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority to securely achieve the goals of the company’s security organization and business. The role reports into the Chief Information Security Officer.

Position Summary

• Hands-on role to provide technical expertise on the design, architecture, justification and implementation of Information Security within projects at appropriate level to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability and relevant compliance.
• Working with other technical stakeholders, your responsibilities will include
• Designing / architecting security solutions to thwart malicious attacks that could lead to the compromised of Group’s information or systems;
• Work with the CISO, Operational IT and Solution Architect(s) to ensure that architecture solutions meet the business requirements and fit with the overall IT Security Architecture & strategy;
• Analyze existing systems and preform a gap analysis against Group security requirements and best practice;
• Performing treat modelling against applications, systems, infrastructure and process;
• Testing for weaknesses and defining audit scope in order that an outside ethical hacker can be engaged to run a thorough penetration test in order to ensure that systems are secure from attacks:
• Liaise with technical stakeholders to discuss and explain the technical implications of any issues identified;
• Gaining a thorough understanding of an organization’s architecture (application, infrastructure and business process) in order to learn who has access and where the vulnerable points may be. After making a thorough assessment, recommend updates and improves the overall Company’s security stance through software, hardware, policy and process;
• Identifying and architecting countermeasures that will protect systems when an unauthorized user attempts to gain access;
• Validating that solution designs meet the security principles, requirements and concepts;
• Always being concerned with protecting information flow;
• Participate in reviews of solution architectures ensuring that all solutions being implemented by client group meet the principles of Security and Privacy by Design and Default;
• Ensure that appropriate Information Security standards (corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to;
• Track and promote use of common methods and processes for achieving security solution design;
• Contribute to the continual improvement of security standards, policies, principles and guidelines;
• Track and understand current and emerging threats and vulnerabilities;
• Provide governance and alignment of architecture development to the Information Security strategies;
• Conduct feasibility studies for new technologies, if applicable;
• Supporting Information Security operational activities as request by the CISO.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience: Extensive technical information security experience, including, but not limited to:

• Penetration Testing
• Security Analysis
• Physical Security Testing
• Vendor management of IT and Security 3rd parties
• Security Patch Management
• Vulnerability Management
• Physical and Cyber security policies
• Firewalls and Identify Management
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of security at all levels of the OSI model

• Able to work effectively in a team and across multi-functional teams
• Strong understanding of current trends and developments in information security
• Expert knowledge of security principles and technologies
• In depth knowledge of OWASP, Secure Application Development and Software Development methodologies
• Mobile device security and application development
• Excellent written and oral communication skills at all levels, strong communicator and ability to articulate and communicate complex IT-related business issues to senior staff
• Technical Architectural level experience, including infrastructure, networking and application
• Experience of Architecting innovative Information Security technology systems in a consumer-facing sector.
• CISSP, CLAS, SANS GIAC or TOGAF certification an asset
• Extensive knowledge of ISO27001/2, GDPR, DPA and relevant standards / legislation
• Good understanding of Risk Management and risk methodologies
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering or related field preferred, or demonstrable equivalent commercial experience, including any relevant security qualifications
• Motor and retail industry experience an asset
• Experience of security management tools such was McAfee MVM, Qualys, Nessus, Rapid7, ZAP, Burp Suite, etc. is an advantage.

What’s in for you?

• Our client promise you the perfect opportunity of building technical excellence, understand business performance and nuances, be abreast with the latest happenings in technology world and enjoy a satisfying work life balance.
• With the current opportunity, you will get to work with the team that has consistently been setting benchmarks for other deliveries in terms of delivery high CSATs, project completion on time and being one of the best teams to work for in the organization.
• You get an open and transparent culture along with freedom to experimentation and innovation

Must:

o             Security Analysis

o             Infrastructure architecture principles

o             Application architecture principle

o             DevSecOps and cloud understanding

o             CEH or CISSP or relevant certification

o             Threat Modelling

o             Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Preferred:

o             Penetration testing

o             ISO27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR

o             Vendor management of IT and Security 3rd parties

o             TOGAF certification

If you’re interested in this role, forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to cv@ibuconsulting.com or apply online

Role:                   Technical Operations Manager

Rate/Salary:     GBP 55K/Year

Location:            Milton Keynes, UK

Job type:            Permanent

Detailed JD *(Roles and Responsibilities)

We are seeking a Technical Operations Manager specializing in Wintel/VMware &  Citrix support and administration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Management
• Provide direct line management to Operational Team leads across, Infrastructure, Networks, Applications, Monitoring, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Line
• Create and support team development opportunities across the Technical support area
• Add value by reducing OPEX costs – improving processes and technical fit operationally between the client and their customers.
• Able to interact and influence at the highest levels
• Strong collaborator with positive can-do attitude
• Ability to work in a complex and challenging environment, working to tight deadlines
• Identify, document, quantify and communicate impact & risk within the client and to their customers as appropriate
• Collaborate with Change Management Teams and advise on technical solutions, impacts and risks
• Encourage innovation and the use of new technologies
• Technical delivery
• Proven experience working with many of the latest IT industry standards, including Cloud, Infrastructure, Network, Applications, Monitoring, Hosting, ISP and mobile working solutions.
• Identify and lead on continuous service improvement plans that both enhance client’s capability as well as customer service performance and satisfaction
• Will have demonstrable experience in supporting deeply technical service requirements and able to support and develop your teams to deliver accordingly
• Demonstrable experience in current / future technologies including AWS, O365, SD-WAN
• Deliver structure and organisation around ongoing release management activity
• Increase levels of automation to drive efficiencies in process and workload
• Service Performance & Reporting
• Attending CAB to provide support regarding change escalations from a Service Management perspective
• Provide leadership around Event Management and monitoring technologies and able to deliver automation of processes in this area
• Ensure strong focus on capacity management and strengthening client’s ability to proactively manage growth in client estates
• Deliver operational performance reporting in areas such as availability management, developing KPI reporting in line with the service levels expected by our customers
• Stakeholder management
• Manage and drive the performance of 3rd party suppliers ensuring that services provided fall in line with client SLA’s, including technical elements of contractual obligations.
• Liaise across all areas of the client to ensure clearly understood expectations of Operations teams, and to ensure clear expectations of the customer are met and delivered by Operations teams.
• Act as a key stakeholder with Project Managers to ensure that service onboarding and transition management are completed efficiently and effectively and that service operations have all the required elements to take on and support the IT requirements of customers
• Participate in the proactive onboarding of customers from a support perspective setting and delivering to customer expectations
• Participate in customer engagement with the sales and solutions teams to ensure a smooth transition into the client support

Skills Knowledge and Experience:

Essential

• Proven experience and certifications in Citrix and VMware (v6.5 and above)
• Hands-on knowledge on user administration (performance tuning of Citrix) along with Infrastructure team to coordinate updates and patches
• Experience on implementation and troubleshooting skills of Citrix NetScaler (Access Gateway, Load Balancing) and XenApp/Xen Desktop 7.12 to 7.18 suite.
• Proven ability implementing Best Practices, Optimization, Fine Tuning skills on Citrix Infrastructure (Inclusive of Storefront, DDCs, PVS)
• Proficient in granular level of monitoring and management skills in identifying potential issues proactively on core Citrix infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability in technical implementation skills on creation of golden Image (Manual/ Automated Build),
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Escalation management experience
• Proven 3rd party and contract management
• On-call Rota management
• 3+ Years of leading a Technical Operations or Technical support team in a fast-paced environment

Desirable

• ITIL Qualified
• Client facing experience
• Proven experience in Core Networking, Microsoft on-premise and Cloud solutions, and Virtualization.

If you’re interested in this role, forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to cv@ibuconsulting.com or apply online

Our client, one of the leading international technology company, is seeking  Solution Architect (12+ years experience) to join their Milton Keynes, UK based office. This is 6 months with potential extension up to 1-year contract role that pays a very competitive salary.

Detailed job description – Skill Set

Min 4+ years of experience playing solution architect role. The role includes solution architecture/ framework development, product evaluations, option analysis working with senior client business and technology stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the technology environment
• Analyzing enterprise specifics
• Analyzing and documenting requirements
• Setting the collaboration framework
• Creating a solution prototype
• Participating in technology selection
• Controlling solution development
• Supporting project management

Mandatory Skills: TOGAF certified with IT experience in;

• Solution Architecture, Framework and software developments.
• DevOps and Agile, Microsoft technology stack.(MVC,C#,SQL)
• Cloud hosting and development

Excellent communication, presentation and analytical skills

Good to Have Skills: Resource Management

If you’re interested in this role, forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to cv@ibuconsulting.com or apply online